Durga Puja is a Hindu festival which celebrates devotion to
Hindu Goddess Durga. It submits to all six days examined as
Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and
Vijya Dashami respectively. Durga Puja celebrations are placed
in proportion to conventional Hindu calendar and fortnight of
this festival is named Debi Pokkho. Debi Pokkho is headed by
Mahalaya which is last day of preceding fortnight Pitri Pokkho.
It’s ended on Kojagori Lokkhi Puja.

Durga Puja is usually celebrated in Indian states like West
Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Jharkhand, and Tripura. In Tripura, it’s
celebrated as annual five-day holiday. It’s the biggest
celebrated Hindu festival all over the State. It’s also the most
important event in Bengal. Durga Puja is renowned in Delhi,
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka,
Kerala and Kashmir. In Bangladesh and Nepal also, this festival
is a big one because, 10% of their population are Hindu.

The importance of Durga Puja amplified steadily in Bengal during
the British Raj. After resemble of Goddess Durga by Hindu
reformists in India, she had become India’s independence
movement icon. In 20th century’s first quarter, the ritual of
Community Puja named Baroyari was popularized because of this.
After the independence, Durga Puja happened to be amongst major
renowned festivals in the world.

Durga Puja also includes worships of Lord Shiva, Ganesha and
Kartikeya and Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswati. Durga Puja is the
celebration of winning Good (Goddess Durga) over evil (Maheshasura,
the demon). It is power worship of Good that wins over bad at
all times.

Today's Puja, though, has gone far beyond the religion. In
reality, visiting pandals in recent years, you can state that
Durga Puja is largest outside art festival of the earth. In
1990s, the predominance of architectural models affected the
exteriors of pandal, however today the art of design extends to
involved interiors, implemented by skilled artists, with
constant stylistic elements, cautiously accomplished and bearing
name of artist. Durga Puja is Celebrated in the cities like
Kolkata, Silchar, Agartala, Guwahati, UK, USA, London, Moscow, Dhaka, Karimganj etc.